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noun
a class of people above the middle class, having the highest social rank or standing based on wealth, family connections, and the like.
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Origin of upper class First recorded in 1830â40
OTHER WORDS FROM upper class upper-class, adjective
Words nearby upper class Upper Carboniferous ,
uppercase ,
upper-case letters ,
upper chamber ,
Upper Chinook ,
upper class ,
upperclassman ,
upper crust ,
uppercut ,
Upper Darby ,
upper deck
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Words related to upper class aristocracy ,
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blue-blooded ,
elite ,
gentle ,
highborn ,
high-class ,
important ,
moneyed ,
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beau monde ,
beautiful people ,
cream ,
crĂšme de la crĂšme ,
gentry ,
haut monde ,
high society
How to use upper class in a sentence To show you a different aspect of helping the upper class but not the working class, the Fedâs securities purchases include buying debt issued by firms that are laying off workers while paying substantial dividends to shareholders.
I was drawn to The Class for different reasonsâchiefly, the pipe dream of achieving a tighter and tauter backside.
Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.
In the last year, her fusion exercise class has attracted a cult following and become de rigueur among the celebrity set.
The same picture emerges from middle class men in the U.S., Canada, and the Nordic countries.
More to the point, Huckabee has a natural appeal to a party that has come to represent the bulk of working class white voters.
âPerhaps you do not speak my language,â she said in Urdu, the tongue most frequently heard in Upper India.
On the upper part of the stem the whorls are very close together, but they are more widely separated at the lower portion.
It is to be remembered, however, that a few of these bacteria may reach the sputum from the upper air-passages.
Botanists have enumerated between forty and fifty varieties of the tobacco plant who class them all among the narcotic poisons.
The upper part of the stem is usually unbranched, but whorls of branches occur towards the base.
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British Dictionary definitions for upper class
noun
the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy, esp the wealthy or the aristocracy
adjective (upper-class when prenominal)
of or relating to the upper class
US education of or relating to the junior or senior classes of a college or high school
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